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Tigers Picked to Trim Tech
Today; But They Are Likely to
Have Their Hands Quite Full
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By Per< y IL Whiting.
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I the Tech football schedule
will be wiped ■ ,ff the slat<
this afternoon. At 2:3(i the Yellow
Jackets line up against their tradi
tional and justly respected foemen
from the mountains of Tennessee,
the cohorts of the University of the
South, located at Sewanee.
This game isn't for any title
Tech lost its last look-in for (bst
or second place Inst Saturday when
Auburn took ’h< number of the lo
cal eleven, took it decisively In a
hard. 1
isn't for anything but Just rod
b >od and good sport.
Sewanee can't well afford to lose
tin verdict and is hardly likely to
do it To Tech it means nothing
but one mote game against a
stiong team. The Jackets are
entering the struggle, however, as
blithely and as unconcernedly as
though they were going to warm up
„ for a few minutes against the
scrubs.
Good. Clean Game —That's AH.
All tills being true, the tans who
turn out for tlie struggle will see a
corking good gam,- oi football, with
plenty of good, clean, clever play
ing. The • is nothing but the best
of feiling between the players and
should lie nothing except the best
of sportsman-hip shown. Both
teams have been taught to play
tl. it top speed, I ow< ver,
and rill do it.
Sewanee will win. by two to font
touchdowns no doubt. But they
will get a good work-out, ail right, ’
and they will see some football Hutt
will surprise them.
Tech plays the modern gam. in
Its most modern form. The fact
that the Georgia play mt will watch
the game will hardly prevent them I
from uncorking all they have In
the shop. They did that against
Auburn. So they haven’t much to
hide. Os course. Coach Heisman
always saves up a few "brainstorm"
plays for Georgia, but in the main
he will instruct his team to go
the limit against Sewanee. And all
the Georgia men can leant they
are entitled to.
The Sewanee team ns it stands
today is a strong one. It played
Georgia to an intensely exciting
tie. If Georgia defeats Auburn on
Thanksgiving day—as it may or
may not do—Sewanee will be tied
with the Red and Black for second
place In the ranking, always pre
suming that Vanderbilt will go
through its S. I. A. A season with
out a defeat, as seems probable.
This Sheldon a Marvel.
From all reports, Sewanee has a
man who will bear watching so
all-S. 1. A. A. honors in Sheldon.
Charley Wahoo, former Carlisle
player and prominent official, says
of Sheldon: "That man really
knows football. He is not only one
of the most brilliant players 1 have
ever seen in the South, but more
that- that he plays the game with a
style that is only attained by the
average man afte: six or seven
years on the gridiron—the sort of
style that Is attained by players
who have three or four years in
prep school and then four In col
lege. He is really a marvelous
player."
The work of the Sewanee team
always holds a special interest to
the lovers of true sport, for Se
wanee is giving a careful try-out to
the graduate system of coaching,
and for several years the team has
been handled by Harris Cope, of
Cartersville, Ga„ a man who played
brilliant football for Sewanee for
years and who has been remarkably
successful in coaching the elevens.
Sewanee has a number of prom
inent and wealthy alumni In At
lanta and the Sewanee-Tech games
have a social angle that make them
, second only in social prominence
to the Georgia-Tech battle, the big
game ot the year in Atlanta from
every angle.
SUNDAY BALL WANTED
IN OLD PURITAN STATE
lioSTON' Not. 9. The N< w England
!• ngm of baseball clubs will devote Its
energies this wino r to advocating tb<
passage of a bill in the legislature al
lowing the playing of professional base
ball In Massachusetts on Sundays.
Specific Bloodpoison
Everyone realizes that this disease is a blood infection of the mostpow
erful nature, the virus of which so thoroughly poisons the corpuscles of
the circulation that its symptoms are manifested over almost the entire
body. First comes a tiny sore or pimple, then the mouth and throat ul- '
cerate, glands in the groin swell, the hair begins to fall out. skin diseases
break out on the body, and even the bones ache with rheumatic pains.
Only a real blood purifier can have any curative effect on a blood poison so
powerful as this. S. S. S. is the greatest of all blood purifiers; it goes
into the circulation and by thoroughly cleansing the blood of every parti
cle of the insidious virus makes a permanent and lasting cure of Specific
Blood Poison. If you are suffering with this disease
S - S - S - w:11 cure - vou l«vause it will purify vour blood
» and enrich its health-promoting corpuscles. ’ S. S. S. is j
no absolutely safe and certain in it. results, that every- '
*a)»^* a *M*« « m d the I
nEMEnv ‘ ure v ill be permanent and lasting. S S. S. is a purely
Ktl’ltlJl vegetal de remedy, being made entirely <1 cots, herbs
and bark , mid it will certainly litre Specific Blood
Poison in all oi it form and stages. Jl<>mc Treatment Book and meilic.il
advMx htx tv Uli. THL sm -
lands Quite Tull
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Sewanee. Tech.
MeUlaniiahan, Barker. I. <«.. Hutton. I. r. |
I loblbns, l.cuhnuann (c). l.t. Stegall, 1.1.1
Min i'allum, I. g Montague. I. g.
Ston<\v, Hum, c . . I.m b, c. ;
MnKrt-uod, r. k Means, i g
Moore. ; i Colley, r. l.
<illh sL’i*-*. r. c. . Moore. r. c.
Tolley, q. h MacDonald, q. b.
Gillern (<•), |. h. b Cook, I. h. b.
Sheldon,- r. h. b Fielder. r. h. b.
Parker. Mcekn, f. b. . Thomason, f. b.
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TECH ELEVEN
ATHENS. GA.. Nov. 9.—Several
of the University of Georgia
football warriors left this
morning for Atlanta to witness the
annual gridiron struggle between
Tech and Sew anee. The local play -
ers will watch the game closely so
as to get a lino on the real strength
of the Yellow Jackets, as they tig
tire that Coach Heisman will turn
loose everything in his category in
an effort to get the decision over
the Tigers.
As regards the Tech game, Geor
gia supporters believe that tlie Red
and Black will win by a narrow
margin and not by a big score, as
has been predicted by many of the
"wise ones." The prowess of one
J. Heisman is too well known and
commands too much respect In
these quarters—and for this reason
alone a small score is expected.
Georgia has at last struck its
stride, as is manifested by the work
of the players in the Sewanee and
Clemson games. The* playing
strength of the line has increased
40 per cent within the past two
weeks and the interference is now
all that could be asked for.
Through a series of unfortunate
injuries. Coach Cunningham has
unearthed a wonderful tackle in
Henderson. In the Sewanee game
Harrell was laid up for repairs,
and Wood, a substitute, was sent
into the game. Wood’s work did
not satisfy Cunningham, who sent
Henderson to the rescue. The tac
kle position was entirely new to
Idm. but the great game he put up
will long be remembered by all who
witnessed th< contest. He also did
magnificent work in th, Clemson
gamt. and as a result will i>e re
tained at tackle for the remainder
THE ATLANT \ GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATERDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1912.
A Trio of Tech Gridiron Stars Who Will
Sure Give Sewanee Warriors a Hard Battle
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(iiuird Montiiinie getting oft a
long punt in a practice game al
I ech flats. Quarterback McDonald kicking
Morris Became a Fighter to
Uphold White Race Reputation
By Let t I look.
CAUL MORRIS, who flgjlts Jalk
Keiting at. tin Dixie Athletic
club Tuesday night, is a well
meaning young man, even though
he isn’t the greatest tighter in th,'
world. He took up the game of hit
and getaway because ho thought he
might have h chance to regain the
heavyweight championship for the
white race when Johnson won it
from Jeffries in that memorable
July 4 battle.
Morris was manipulating the le
ver on a big Western engine, and
late on the afternoon of that never
to-be-forgotten I'ourth. lu drove
th,- black nose of "Big ground
the w inding curve into the station
of ills home town, Sapulpa, Okla.
Leaning far out of his c;.b win
dow, h<' yelleu to tlie station mus
ter:
"How'll tile tight come out .'"
"Johnson won in fifteen rounds,"
replied the S. M.
Right then and there Moal- a
Stti.'-poand'-r. - f mus,-;- u:ul bom.
< limbed down from his engine and
declared that he would m-v, r again
turn the winds of "Big until
he liml defeated Johnson and
brought back the title to tlie white
race.
He started training tlie n \t day.
and tor months and months he
worked with boxing Instructors, se
cured at fancy prices. < >m- of these
was Joe Jeannette who lias fought
Johnson, and finally readied the
point .t hereby lie wii- ready for hi>
debut in tin- arena
At first In- io, keu like a bearcat
and visions ot him annexing tin
title resting on the head of the no
torious black began to bob up be
fore our eves. Hut finally lie met
Jim Flynn in Madison Square Gar
den, and suffered a terribh beat
ing Hut was deal gam.- and,
although v<iily loin to ribbons,
with friends pfiadlng that he <iuit.
In stu, k out the t< 11 1 ouiihs.
Rut that tlg'-t took a lot out ot
dm. and ait, t1i.,1 >a*\
I , king tl.M'ly everybody bl
liar be,u icstiuu and today bthev*.
f/DITEA) V/. S FARNSWORTH
(that be is as good a.s jie was the
hour before ae climbed into the ring
with I'lytin
Tuesday i.'ght will tell w lietht r
he is back in the "white hope” race.
H, ought t< beat Keating, for down
in these parts we are unable to get
any kind of a line on this man. He
may be a mar-champion and he
may be tlie worst kind of a bum.
tor all we know.
BROOKHAVEN WILL OPEN ’
COURSE With tourney
A handicap golf tournament will be
held <>n the Biookhaven course next
week, and the cmnmitter in charge ha<
announced that all entries must be in
b\ iuqiv,ht. A silver cup has bu n do
! naled by J. K. Ottley. and must be
I \\<>n twice in succession before it be
< one•> the perm inent pr<»pvrt> of the
! vietoi.
dual round o. the mutch play will
be held aw« k from toda\. at wine i
time th, formal opening ’»t the course
I w ill he hi'ld.
Instru to. Mm K* nzie i- making
gte.it rrogJt ;s at ’.he cub ; nd is fu>t
' w ippimr a bum h of recruits into iiul
1 '.milers,
TRAP SHOOT ON TODAY
AT BROOKHAVEN CLUB
The Bro .khaven club has install, ,; a
trap for clay pigeons and todav v. ill
I hold a tournament for elub memhers
and invited guests. A silver cup wilt
It,,- the prize for the best shot.
Trap shooting Ims lean a dead sp-Tt
here In Atlant , for some time, ami it
is the hope and In,ention of th< B-ook
haven members to r. vlve It. There at e
quite a number i good , lav pigeon
shot- in th-- viclnitv. and I is to b,
hoped that the gene is again put on a
firm standing.
I BOYS HIGH AND G M. A.
WILL PLAY FOR TITLE
T . b. st gam*’ nf :' , pr» p sea!*>n will
be , i\i <i w !< L IL II S 'in.l (M. \
1111 • : Ahn. Ln isth*rn<»on in n gridiron
t...t”. Pon,, D.-L.on park
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Greatest Football Play I Ever
Saw—Written by Tom Kittrell
By Tliomas G. Kittrell.
(A member of Vanderbilt’s eleven o
’93, and one of the best linemen in th;
South at that time.)
fTAHE spectator in tile grandstand
• and the experienced critic may
have very different notions as
to whether a certain play is really
a great one. If tlie spectacular fea
tures are present, producing the de
sirt>d thrill, the crowd in the grand
stand will not be nice about weigh
ing the strength, agility, skill or
good judgment displayed in a per
formance which the experieneed
football man Inay condemn as very
bad playing.
But on the merits of the star per
formance of Vanderbilt’s fourth
game with Sewanee, in the autumn
of ’93. the grandstand and side
lines were in entire accord.
Billy (’loveland, the Purple’s fa
mous half back, furnished tlie sen
sation.
Vanderbilt had already been de
feated m an earlier game that sea
son on the Mountain, but it was
believed that the team had been
rounded into shape tor retrieving
that disaster. On the toss Vander
bilt took the ball, defending the
north goal.
By p- rsistent hammering at
Straight football, by which the re
quired distance Was barely covered
on each serie- of downs. Sewanee
was forced back to within three
[ yard- of her won goal line. Hero It
I was first down. On the next play
I Sew (ue, secured the ball on a fum
ble and , (ily inches away from tlie
goal.
Any well ordered mind would
have rested with sedate confidence
on the certainty of a punt at this
crisis, and the prompt dispositions
of tlie Tiger.- seemed about to jus
tify such a reasonable expectation.
But those dispositions wire only a
fuko.
The oval was to Uleve
land, at half. He was tall, well
built, weighed about 170 pounds,
I and looked the very picture of an
athlete, vthll, there was a dush
about his playing that would haw
made him a favorite with the
giandstand. no matter what Ills
1 other qualltl, - might have been
lb w;i- also at, li s, eond man. .<
I.nt which it" on- piesent at thal
would lit citrwl aflerw trtl
I When tin i>u 11 was passed there
End Ilntlon snapped just as
he gathered in a long punt down
the gridiron. This boy is light
ning fast.
was no loitering to gather flowers.
The play had been well conceived,
and was faultlessly executed.
Sewanee’s quarter and left half
back passed outside of Vanderbilt’s
right tackle, as the interference
against the latter’s back field, with
Cleveland on their heels. The ruse
of the punt had paved the way,
and Cleveland’s speed and dodging
did the rest. Soon he was head
ing a procession of the Old Gold
and Black players down across the
field for a touchdown.
In Sewanee’s first play she had
scored a touchdown after a run of
something over 107 yards.
While’ ('leveland was the star per
former. his support was all that
could have been desired; every man
performed his part with tlie preci
sion and thoroughness that ordi
narily results only from the most
careful coaching.
With this beginning, aided ,by
her superior offensive work, Sewa
nee scored a decisive victory, her
first upon Dudley Field.
A. A. C. SWIMMERS WORK
FOR MEET WITH B. A. C.
The swimming pool of the Atlanta
Athletic elub is alive every night with
the members, and the "hope-to-be
menibers" of the swimming teain.
Valiantly they l:. v< applied themselves
Ito th,- wo; k ot pci fitting their water
I'owers. The majority of elub members
..r, taking unusual interest in the
team, and if encouragement counts for
anything, the squad already has a big
headway. At present the work Is most
ly on the crawl stroke and the speed
with which these athletes are plotting
th.dr way through the pool every night
seems sufficient proof that it has been
mastered.
The members of the squad are Hav
el ty. Plant, Huff, Mclntire, Crane Du
bard. Weaver. Hoyt, Kelly and Ly'nans.
crane is an old New York Athletic
elub swimmer and is fast rounding into
shape. Lynans holds the world record
l" ; ‘ the 40 and 50-yard sprint, repre
senting the Illinois A. C. in the recent
Olympic meet.
BRITTON OVER WEIGHT. SO
MOORE TAKES HIS PLACE
<’HICAGO, Nov. 9 As Jack Britton is
unable to make 133 pounds at H o'clock
for t’harlej White in tlie proposed bout for
the opening sh«»w at Kenosha, Wis.. on
Novcniber the promoters have substi
tuted “Pal” Moore, of Xt’W York. The
I'ok» rs hav* agreed to g,, ten round s * and
).♦ \\» ight will !»<• RA pound, at ft o'clock
DELL ANO DIXON DRAW.
| KANSAS CITY. Nov 9 Harr.'
I fell, ot San LTtiih'ia* •», nial T«»nun) Dix
on of Knnsa« <’Hy. featherweights,
box, d u n rounds to a <innv here iaat
ulght, 'l'he bout was fast, honors even.
PITTING IHORT
ROUTETOFAME
IN BASEIALL
By Damon Ruvon.
IF your young son nhifests ar
incurable desire tdbecome a
baseball player, ati you find
him tooling around firs base, ot
the outfield, or the seeoit or third
or even peering with inr'4ti; e eag .
erness through the meUs of a
piask. lead that youthful arty otti
behind the barn and have speech
with him..
Put on a catching gloveLj ex .
amine the condition of his looting
arm. He may have a wh« y un .
suspected hope to his fai ball,
along with a nice curve anisome
change of pace. Such the
ease, it becomes your parentufiuty
to admonish him to enter llfias a
pitcher of baseballs.
Speak to him as follows:
"Son, there is a great deal
class to a Cobb, but consider tl:
skinned thighs which come tror.
the sliding appertaining to the run
ning of bases. Consider, too, th#
daily labor—the 154 games of base
ball, during which the man who
would be a Tvrus must pound the
pill for better than .400, or lose
caste among his people.
“Consider the enormous amount
ot energy which must be expended
every two hours out of the 24 by
the Hal Chases, and the Honus
M agners, and the I.ari v Doyles of
our time. Each and every day they
have the sanr- old strain and wor
ry; each and every day they must
perform their work with marvelous
efficiency or be panned to a whis
per. No alibis go in their case-
“And then, my son. pause and
think of the life, of the .slothful
ease of the pitcher, who works two
or three times a week, but who gets
practically as much money, and
eke as much fame. He wins his
game and the labors of the <'obits
and the other men behind him are
forgotten in the gossip of his prov -
ess; he loses and the men are sacri
ficed for their shortcomings, and he
is excused on the ground of an off
day.
"Be a pitcher, my son—be a
Mathewson, or a Wood, or a John
son, and you will find the path to
the vaudeville stage as east- from
the mound as it is from the out
field."
Scout Sent to Take a Peep.
Having concluded your lecture
all you have to do is to turn ye.:,
son loose wdh a baseball In I ls
hand and let hint wander th or.gh
the bushes until such time as i-m ie
big league manager locates him er
the advice of ffiends. A big league
scout may stumble.across him ac
cidentally, but nowadays the man
ager usually hetrs about the ph -
noms and then sends the ivmy
hunter to confirm or deny tie- news.
The demand f<r pitching inateri:i!
is never satisfied In the big
The box is the surest sho: t cut to
fame. A nianagh may have t
or three men siting on bis bench
who are better in Steer ability thi.u
men playing in h|g regular llm
and the manager nfty know that to
be a fact—but lact of experienv ,
or other reasons, nay keep them
long in the backg'ound, whereas
the pitcher usually inds big league
opportunity- crowdirg him at all
stages.
It is sometimes oily after two
or three years of steady playing
that an infielder or an outfielde:
reaps the reward of tbility, where
as a young pitcher nay step im
mediately into the liffivlight. Claude
Hendrix, a two-year man; Larry
■Cheney and Jeff TesreJu, wiio have
had only a year of bij league ex
perience, are the pitching leader.-
of the National league Hugh Bt -
dient gained great ftene after a
few months on a majorjench. while
Jimmy Lavender, anothlr first-yea
man. mopped up mueb glory thi
last season.
Os course, a Ty CoL or Tris
Speaker can not long Le denied,
but these are exceptiop.l case 3 .
Every big league mlnager b'
grooming youngsters wlf will one
day be stars of the baseiall world,
but meanwhile, while the.arc gain
ing their education, youif twirlers,
who joined on after the did, are
slipping into sudden sane.
It might be argued thafwhlie the
pitcher does not work a hard as
tlie other players, neithe does ho
last as long in the big lague, but
that argument is answerfl by the
fact that several of theforemost
figures in the game todayare vet
eran heaver-.
Mathewson in Harness 1 Years.
Christy Mathewson Its been
pitching for twelve years, Jid is to
day one of the highest!salaried
men in the game. He is ecounted
well off in this world's gods He
is good for several years lore. Ed
Walsh is a comparative veteran,
and ktill one ot' the ftvogreatest
heavers In the world. Tnrc is no
reason why a man likoi Walter
Johnson should not go otas long
as Mathewson, or why la.qua c
shonl,’. not last as long i- Eddie
Plunk, who <s in uid-tiina <■ ba I
players go. but who flnM> d .uh
mid among tin- twlt’ei J of his
league last season.